Ex-Premier League defender Alex Baptiste eyeing promotion with Waterford

The Blues take on UCD on Friday night.

HIGH AMBITIONS: Sean Boyd of Shelbourne and Alex Baptiste of Waterford during the FAI Cup semi-final. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Ex-English Premier League defender Alex Baptiste reckons Waterford have the firepower to seal their return to the Irish top-flight on Friday.

Ireland’s second tier is a long way from the English top table the 36-year-old inhabited and scored in with Blackpool all of a dozen years ago.